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thirst. Hagar, imagining that he was going to die, 
laid him under a bush, and sat down over against 
him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she 
said, “Let me not see the death of my child.” And 
she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, 
and wept, And God heard the voice of the lad: 
and the angel of God called to Hagar out of hea- 
ven, and said unto her, “ What aileth thee, Hagar®? 
Fear not; for God hatlı heard the voice of the lad 
Where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him 
in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.” 
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of 
Water; andshe went and filled the bottle with water, 
and gave the lad drink. And God was with the 
lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and 
became an archer, And his mother took him a 
Wife out of the land of Egypt; and to him were 
born twelve sons, who became the heads of twelve 
tribes, from whom some of the families of the wan- 
dering Arabs to this day claim to be descended, 
LESSON XXXI1.—CmHarrer IL 
TRIAL OF ABRAHNAM’S FAITEL, 
jus-ti-fies ful-£l-ment hos-i-tate 
Mo-ri-ah mys-te-ri-ous va-ri-ance 
burnt-offer-ing an-nouno-cd ac-com-plish 
ap-pall-ing gac-ri-fico sol-emn 
Ho-brew neigh-bour-ing sus-pect-ing 
Pa-tri-arch in-con-sist-ent, Je-ho-vah-ji-reh 
Abraham is frequently styled the father of the 
faithful, because his faith was tried very remark- 
ably on various occasions, and not found. wanting. 
What triu! uf faith could be greater than his, 4 hen